Sarah Bismuth

Police have had " historic" contact with The Family of a 10-year-old girl who was found murdered at her home, a senior officer has said.

Det Supt Mark Chapman said Sara Sharif's family were known to Surrey Police officers for " some years".

It Comes after Surrey County Council also said The Family , who lived in Woking, were.

Three Family Members went to Pakistan before Sara 's body was found on 10 August and are wanted by The Police .

Det Supt Chapman told The Bbc : " Surrey Police 's contact with The Family has been on a limited basis. It's been on a historic basis. And that goes back some time. "

He Said The Police contact with the Sharif family " goes back some years" but declined to comment further.

The Police Officer also said The Force had not referred the case to The Police watchdog, adding: " Surrey Police have reviewed The Position and it doesn't fulfil the criteria to alert The Independent Office of Police Complaints. "

The three people who travelled to Pakistan and are now thought to be in Islamabad are Sara 's father, Urfan Sharif, 41, his partner, Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother, Faisal Malik , 28.

Bbc News has been told that two police teams in Jhelum, north Punjab in Pakistan, are looking for Mr Sharif.

Det Supt Chapman said officers wanted to build a picture of how Sara - in Byfleet - had lived.

He Said : " We're looking to hear from anybody who lived in the area who regularly saw Sara going about her daily routine.

" Any parents who may know of Sara from school or other regular activities. Any parties that might have gone on out of school, or anyone who had any form of contact with her really, no matter how insignificant it might seem. "

After it was revealed Sara was known to The Authorities , campaigner On Children 's social care, Chris Wild, who advised the government's most recent review into children's social care, told The Bbc 's World at One programme this meant Sara would have been " on their radar".

He also said there may have been a child protection order in place, or a safeguarding concern made.

The Council has said a multi-agency review is under way.

Police have said Mr Sharif, 41, made a 999 call from Pakistan shortly After Landing in Islamabad with his partner, his brother and five children, aged between one and 13.

That led officers to The House in Woking where they found Sara 's body. She had sustained " multiple and extensive injuries" likely to have been caused over a sustained period of time.

Police have also been searching The Family 's previous address in West Byfleet .

There is no formal extradition treaty between the UK and Pakistan.

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Source of news: bbc.com